Last Sunday I had lunch with a friend – tried the new St. Paul Bagelry that has opened up near my house. I had a Reuben bagel sandwich (vegetarian version) – something I’d never even heard of before. It was messy but yummy.
Laura and I weren’t quite ready to go back to our chores and regular life so at the spur of the moment we headed over to the Como Zoo and the Conservatory. We weren’t the only ones – it was a busy day at Como. The spring show at the sunken garden is all purple and yellow – one of my favorite combinations and we also wandered through the hothouses looking for orchids and then inspected all the bonsai. It was a good way to spend a dreary afternoon.
Since I had to figure out how to make a slideshow out of a gallery this week to showcase Edith’s wonderful photos, I thought I’d try it again with some of my Conservatory pictures (not in Edith’s league but at least colorful).
When have you learned a new trick?
Rise and Shine Baboons,
Electronics gizmos allow me to learn a new trick nearly daily. There is always a new alarm or thingie on my iPhone I did not know about.
M!y favorite new trick in the last few years is not gizmo related, though. It allows me to peel hard boiled eggs more easily. Take a pint jar with a cover. Fill it half way with water and put the hard boiled egg in it. Shake it hard, take the egg out. 99% of the time the shell slips off.
TaDa. 🙇♀️
Clyde, I hope you found last night’s lost sock.
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Im guessing it was on his foot.
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My guess was in a pant-leg of what he took off.
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I, of course, only changed one black sock for white, which became apparent before other people. We all laughed. I am for sure an OLD man.
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And you cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
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The I gotta page has great color today, too. Nice pix VS.
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The Bing page has great color today. Auto correct—I gotta?
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You gotta wonder sometimes where autocorrect gets its ideas.
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I learned here on the Trail something to do with Facebook (PJ?), maybe how to block postings without unfriending a person.. I need help again – anyone know how to delete something I posted to my wall last night, that I now believe was misguided?
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Sending you an email, BiR.
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Success.
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In upper right corner are three dots. Click on it. A menu will open with delete post in it
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I have a public service announcement: Mr. Tuxedo is 13 today.
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He can’t be 13. Wasn’t he just four yesterday?
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Pretty sure he was 12 yesterday.
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So glad you got to the Conservatory, VS. One of the places I miss, esp. with this seemingly eternal late-winter… next 10 days all temps low 40s or less. Grrrr….
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Now they are predicting up to 5 inches of snow for us on Monday. This ia getting tiresome.
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We have night time lows in the single digits.
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I learned some new tricks with our video conferencing at work this week…but I doubt that is exciting to anyone here but me. 🙂
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OT: I’ve got a friend who sends me forwards. Do you remember forwards? They were such a 1980s sort of thing. Then people got tired of them. But not my friend. She sends me forwards maybe twice a week, and I just got one from her with signs from recent marches. One sign said “Tweet Others As You Would Have Them Tweet You.” Another said “I’m not allowed to act like the president. And I’m three.”
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My new trick, still in development, is ignoring it all.
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Keep us in the loop…
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Excellent response
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People are teaching new dances all the time at folk dance (for some reason, a couple of thousand dances is never enough.) I’m willing to learn most of them, till someone wants to introduce one with 4 distinct sections, each with its own steps – like learning four new dances. I figure there is a limit to how much I can cram in there, and I’m getting selective.
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There are always new tricks to learn with computers. I still can’t believe that VS taught me how to insert header photos when I put up posts.
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Next up: learning how to make a slideshow out of a gallery?
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Today I will try to remember an old trick when I try my hand at making Danish Pastry for the first time in many years.
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Meanwhile, I’m perfecting my Afghani cilantro chutney. I love that stuff.
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Let us know when you get it
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I think I got it!
Ingredients: 1 cup of fresh cilantro (stems and leaves), half a tomato cut into chunks, 3 garlic cloves, sliced, 1 Jalapeño pepper, roughly chopped (remove seeds for less heat), 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup white vinegar or fresh lemon juice, salt to taste, 2 tbsp water.
Put everything in a food processor and process to a liquidy paste. Serve as a dipping sauce with warm naan bread. If you have any left over, I never do, I’m told it will keep for three days in a sealed jar in the fridge.
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thanks pj
looks and sounds wonderful
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Here’s hoping all you good people have a lovely Easter Sunday.
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Went to Easter Sunrise service this morning. The Easter Bunny hopped by in a parka carrying egg-shaped popsicles guaranteed to stay frozen in the baskets. What else could we expect on 4-1?
AF. April 1,2018
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The windchill when I got up this morning was right around zero. I didn’t get outdoors to do my Sunday shoot very early for some reason…
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It seems odd that Easter falls on April Fools Day. If I had any grasp of mathematics I’d know how often that happens . . . but I do not.
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It might be more useful to have a good grasp of the lunar calendar.
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It’s an interesting question though. I just looked it up. The last time Easter Sunday fell on April 1st (again, using our calendar), was in 1956, and the next time it will happen is in 2029, and then again in 2040. After that, it won’t happen again until 2108. There’s only a slight chance that I’ll be around for any of those dates, so I’ll just enjoy today.
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party at pjs easter 2029
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I’ll make some cilantro chutney and naan.
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Just a reminder for contibuting Baboons to send any guest posts to me now that it is April.
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Happy Easter & April Fool’s Day everybody. Somehow seems right that on an Easter Sunday when it’s 12 degrees when I got up that it should be April Fool’s Day!
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watched the neighbors egg hunting outside while we were having dinner. they looked cold
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i am learning new tricks all the time
i am so inundated with new tricks that i have to keep asking to see it one more time
my new trick today is to get my first youtube video posted.
i saw a guy who has osted a new song everyday for 2000 days
that is my goal
if i play the same song twice it will be ok but the goal is to do new ones every day
maybe i can get others to join me a time or tow it should be fun
i am becoming an amzazon guru
new car sales is my new amazing human trick
i have ebay and sales tricks i need to get better at. i am good at promoting and good at new ideas. i love doing new stuff and hope one of these days they all come to be usefull parts of my life.
thanks to the ladies for keeping this thing rolling
april on the plains
thanks renee
are the peppers planted
if i miss the call for hay bales remind me to see about getting the knowledge i need to make them fly. i am ready to add that to my bafg of tricks this year
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Peppers are planted and, with peppery pokiness, they have yet to germinate. The tomatoes look fabulous.
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I think I must be an old dog. I have no new tricks.
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